Transforming author museums : from sites of pilgrimage to cultural hubs / edited by Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spring, Ulrike, editor.

Schimanski, Johan, editor.

Aarbakke, Thea, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Museums and collections ; v. 13.

Museums and collections ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary museums--History.

Literary museums.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Transforming Author Museums / Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke

Part I: Expansion

New Architecture in Author Museums and Centres / Elin Haugdal

A Displaced Apartment of a Poet in a Museum: Staging and Reception of Franz Grillparzer in the Wien Museum / Eva-Maria Orosz

From Cobwebs to a Web-based Reality: Drawing Young Adults into a Memorial House / Anna Benedek

Ghostly Voices in the Author Museum / Ulrike Spring and Johan Schimanski

Unpacking the Book Collection: Following a Guide, a Curator and a Librarian in an Author Museum / Thea Aarbakke

The Gunnar Ekelöf Room and the Poet's Widow as Archivist and Author / Helena Bodin

This Is Not a Set of Guidelines, or How (Not) to Exhibit Literature / Vanessa Zeissig

Part II: Politics

New Sites of Worship: Sovietization and Literary Museums in Western Borderlands, 1940-79 / Anastasia Felcher

Exposing the Obscurity of the Chinese Literary Establishment: The Destabilizing Power of Author Museums / Emily Graf

South African Literature, Author Museums and Narrative Expansion: The Olive Schreiner House / Dana Ryan Lande

Troublesome Heritage in the Home of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson / Marianne Egeland

Housing World Literature: The Norwegian Ibsen Museums / Narve Fulsås

Epilogue: Author Museums and Democratization / Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 20, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Transforming author museums

ISBN:

9781800732445

1800732449

Publisher Number:

40030723849

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.